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dc.contributor.authorLum, Jarrad AG
dc.contributor.authorPowell, Martine
dc.contributor.authorSnow, Pamela C
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-11T04:09:20Z
dc.date.available2020-02-11T04:09:20Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn0145-2134
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.10.008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/391326
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the extent to which maltreatment history and the characteristics of out-of-home care correlated with the language and social skills of maltreated children. Participants in this study were 82 maltreated children aged between 5 and 12 years of age. All children were residing with state-designated carers in out-of-home-care. The children were presented with standardised tests assessing language and social skills. Results showed that the sample performed significantly below the normative mean on both tests. Correlation analyses showed social skills, but not language skills were correlated with aspects of maltreatment history. The education level of the state-designated carer/s was correlated with the children's language skills; higher education level was associated with higher language skills. The study provides evidence that at the group level, language and social skills are poor in maltreated children. However, gains in language skills might be made via the out-of-home-care environment. Improvements in the social skills of maltreated children may require additional support.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom65
dc.relation.ispartofpageto74
dc.relation.ispartofjournalChild Abuse & Neglect
dc.relation.ispartofvolume76
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial work
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchForensic psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4409
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode520103
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsFamily Studies
dc.subject.keywordsPsychology, Social
dc.titleThe influence of maltreatment history and out-of-home-care on children's language and social skills
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationLum, JAG; Powell, M; Snow, PC, The influence of maltreatment history and out-of-home-care on children's language and social skills, Child Abuse & Neglect, 2018, 76, pp. 65-74
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-10-14
dc.date.updated2020-02-11T04:07:56Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorPowell, Martine B.


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